Comparing Student Performance and Growth in 2- and 4-Year Institutions

This study examines the organizational characteristics of 51 higher education institutions in relationship to student performance and growth. The study first finds that organizational measures of mission, size, wealth, complexity, and selectivity are statistically represented by the 2-year versus 4-year college mission. Findings indicate that 2-year and 4-year campuses indeed do exert significantly different influences on undergraduate GPA and self-reported intellectual growth. Next, the study uses both OLS regression and HLM to examine these influences. High school percentile rank and college classroom experiences are better predictors of Cum GPA at 4-year institutions, while student effort is a better predictor of GPA at 2-year institutions. Whereas the most important predictors of Cum GPA include precollege measures such as high school percentile rank and SAT score, the most influential predictors of student intellectual growth are campus experiences including classroom vitality, peer support, student effort, commitment, and involvement. Controlling for all other variables, students at 2-year institutions receive higher grades, and students at 4-year campuses experience more growth.     

数控车撞刀问题的分析与解决

撞刀是数控车培训过程中易出现的问题之一。为了更进一步减少撞刀问题的发生和提高学生的数控综合素质．通过对撞刀事故发生的原因进行分析与总结，提出了一些防止发生撞刀事故的方法与措施，这对数控车技能人才的培养有着非常鲜明的指导意义。     

椭球约束下混合模型的线性极小极大估计

给出在椭球约束下带随机信息的混合模型的线性极小极大估计b(2 ) ,讨论了b(2 ) 在MDE-Ⅱ准则下相对于经典回归模型在椭球约束下的线性极小极大估计b(1) 的优良性 ,并得出了b(2 ) 比b(1) 优的一个充分条件     

丁广义割圆序列的线性复杂度

Minimal polynomials and linear complexity of binary Ding generalized cyclotomic sequences of order 2 with the two-prime residue ring Zpq are obtained by Bai in 2005. In this paper, we obtain linear complexity and minimal polynomials of all Ding generalized cyclotomic sequences. Our result shows that linear complexity of these sequences takes on the values pq and pq-1 on our necessary and sufficient condition with probability 1/4 and the lower bound （pq - 1）/2 with probability 1/8. This shows that most of these sequences are good. We also obtained that linear complexity and minimal polynomials of these sequences are independent of their orders. This makes it no more difficult in choosing proper p and q.     

Mini-languages: a way to learn programming principles

Mini-languages are a visually intuitive, simple and powerful way to introduce students to programming. They are a good foundation for general computer science instruction, provide insight into programming for the general population, and teach algorithmic thinking. The goal of the paper is to provide an extensive review of the mini-language approach to teaching programming. For different audiences and in different countries, the authors have extensive experience in design and application of mini-languages. We outline the problems that motivate the application of this approach, present a brief history, review several existing mini-languages, and provide discussion of lessons learned. In particular, we discuss how to choose a mini-language for a particular group of students and list some requirements for a successful application of a mini- language. We conclude with a discussion of possible future directions of the mini-language approach development     

Improving the learning of Boolean queries by means of a multiobjective IQBE evolutionary algorithm

The Inductive Query By Example (IQBE) paradigm allows a system to automatically derive queries for a specific Information Retrieval System (IRS). Classic IRSs based on this paradigm [Smith, M., & Smith, M. (1997). The use of genetic programming to build Boolean queries for text retrieval through relevance feedback. Journal of Information Science, 23(6), 423–431] generate a single solution (Boolean query) in each run, that with the best fitness value, which is usually based on a weighted combination of the basic performance criteria, precision and recall.     

期权定价法在FMS能力规划的风险描述中的应用

管理决策与优化问题中的风险描述是一个困难的问题，其原因在于管理科学在其模型求解完之前，不能分析出风险水平。本文利用期权定价理论在线性规划模型中描述风险，所提出的方法通过调整一个能力和资源水平以在规划模型中描述风险，避免了通常风险描述中的非线性问题，有关结果在柔性制造系统能力规划问题中进行了应用。     

两个加工时间恶化的半线性平行机排序问题的启发式MBLS 算法

The combination of online or semi-online with deterioration jobs has never been researched in scheduling problems. In this paper, two semi-online parallel machine scheduling problems with linear deterioration processing time are considered. In the first problem, it is assumed that the deterioration rates of jobs are known in an interval, that is, bj ∈[0, α], where 0 〈α≤ 1 and bj denotes the linear deterioration rate. In the second problem, it is assumed that the largest deterioration rate of jobs is known in advance, that is, b = max1≤j≤n {bj }. For each of the two problems, a heuristic MBLS algorithm is worked out and its worst-case ratio is analyzed. At the same time, the worst-case ratio of the list （LS） algorithm is investigated and it is proved that all the ratios are tight.     

关于排列的几种类型

排列组合内容抽象,富于技巧;它的思想方法也别具一格,知识间的联系,主要靠抽象思维来把握.它的解题技巧更是多种多样,灵活多变.有鉴于此,对排列问题进行详细分类,对于正确理解排列概念,进而准确进行排列数的计算是大有裨益的.列举了各种不同类型的排列,归纳总结了不同类型排列的计数公式.并通过典型例题的分析与解答,介绍解题的思想方法,给出解答各类题目的具体规律,并提供一些常用的解题技能和技巧.     

一种多路模数转换装置的设计

介绍了模拟量输入系统的基本过程,完成了模拟量转换成数字量输入系统的硬件接口设计和程序设计.